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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Trucks / August 2006

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speedo quits and air bag light comes on with bells

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precisiontowing@hotmail.com - 28 Jul 2006 22:49 GMT
I need some professional help here fellas if anyone can help. I am a
big ram fan with a couple of half million kilo wreckers in my fleet
with no signs  of slowing down. I do all of the maint. myself except
injector pump work (their only weakness). Anyway for the last month the
speedo on my 99 4x4 cummins has been quiting but at the same moment the
air bag light comes on. It is not affected by bumps on the road. As I
accelerate it comes and goes even on smooth pavement. I am pretty sure
it does not use the rear axle sensor but a front abs pickup since the
rear has been broken off for a long time. I though perhaps the dash
panel or plugs on the back so I replaced it with no improvement.
Actually it is worse now. checked all fuses, unplugged and plugged lots
of stuff, scratched my head a lot. It's hard to bill customers when odo
no go. Dealer just shakes his head and says I can drop with a million
dollar deposit. Has anyone ever heard of such a problem. Or know where
I can get access to troubleshooting literature that will actually help.
I'm sure theres a connection between the speedo and the bags. When it
first started happening I was afraid she was gonna go off in my face
but now I'm used to it. Thanks for any help I can get, brian from
canada
jackvt80 - 16 Aug 2006 03:23 GMT
> I need some professional help here fellas if anyone can help. I am a
> big ram fan with a couple of half million kilo wreckers in my fleet
> with no signs  of slowing down. I do all of the maint. myself except
> injector pump work (their only weakness). Anyway for the last month the
> speedo on my 99 4x4 cummins has been quiting but at the same moment the
> air bag light comes on.

Not clear if you tried this yet, but it works on my son's Jeep Cherokee
with the same symptoms:  Next time it happens push on the upper and
lower corners (opposite sides) of the instrument cluster, torquing it
slightly.  On the Jeep the instrument cluster connectors wear over time
and that seems to reseat it.  

Jack
 
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